Why does my LVM striped logical volume use more space than a linear logical volume on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • why the difference size of LV between strip mode and linear mode?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL); including
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6)
  • Logical Volume Manager (LVM) managed storage
    • Creating a striped logical volume uses more Physical Extents (PEs) than a linear logical volume.

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